reignty, 183; courts and law, 185; African Orders, 185-8; Amatongaland Order, 188; East Africa Order, 189; Zanzibar Order, 190; Matabeleland Or- ders, 190; Southern Rhodesia Order, 190-1; great extent of powers in these Orders, 191-3; their legal basis, 191-5; Indian protectorates, 196.
Protestant marriages in Malta,32. Provinces, of India, 47; of Domi-
nion of Canada, 81-4, 118, 120; their powers of exclusive legis. lation, 200.
Provincial civil service, in India, 53.
Quebec, 77, 81-3, App. i. Queensland, defence force, 20; money Bills, 32; power of con- stitutional change, 74; consti- tution and legislature, App. i; foundation of colony, 276; early constitutional history, 291-2.
Referendum, in Australia, 86. Regulation provinces, in India, 52. Representative government, in
colonies, 5-7, 94, 197. Representative legislature, defini- tion of, 239; may alter consti- tution, 240. Reprieve, prerogative of, 110. Repugnancy, colonial law void
for, 71, 121, 240, 271, 286. Reservation of Bills, 78, 113-21, 281.
Reserve power of governor of colony, 104.
Resident commissioner, 191. Resident, in British protectorates, 173. Resignation, of colonial member, 69.
Responsible government, 7-9; meaning of, 55; informal origin of, 56; origin of, in Canada, 57-9. Rupees, 29, 190. Rupert's Land, 81. Russell, Earl, 57-8.
Russia Company, the, 149.
Sark, subordinate to Guernsey, 38. Scott, Mr. Hope, on consular jurisdiction, 151; his report reprinted, 242-66.
Sea fisheries, extra-territorial pro- tection of, 147. Seal-hunting, 26.
Secretary of State, for the Colo- nies, 14; for India, 43. Selangor, 237-
Self-governing colonies, the pro- blem stated, 54; responsible government, 55; its informal origin, 56; its origin in Canada, 57-9; unwritten constitutional custom, 59; rules as to money Bills, 60; statutory definitions of position of executive, 61-5; the Upper House, 66; the Lower House, 67; comparison with imperial Parliament, 68; limits to legislative power, 69; legislation must not be extra- territorial, 69-71; nor repug- nant to laws of England, 71; power to make changes in con- stitution, 72; in Australia, 73; in New Zealand, 74; in Canada, 75; in Australian Common- wealth, 76; power to vary con- stitution of executive, 76; posi- tion of the Crown in legislation, 77; assent of governor, 77; his veto, 78; reservation and dis- allowance, 78; practical limits on imperial control, 79; federa- tions within the empire, 80; Dominion of Canada, 81; par- liament of Canada, 82; govern- ment of provinces, 83; Austra- lian federation, 84-6; the Com- monwealth Act, 86-8; appeals to Privy Council, 88-9; federa- tions of Canada and Australia contrasted, 89-90. Semi-sovereign states, 166-7. Senate, in Canada and Australia, 66.
Settled colonies, 5, 95. Seychelles, severed from Mauri- tius, 98, 197.
Smuggling, in the Channel Islands,
39; in the Isle of Man, 40; extra-territorial jurisdiction, 147; in Africa, Orders in Coun- cil, 186.
Turkey, capitulations in, 150, 157, 159-62.
Turks and Caicos Islands, 197. Twiss, Sir Travers, quoted, 165-8, 183.
Social influence, of governor of Tynwald, Court of, 39.
colony, 107.
Socotra, 169, 173.
Somali coast protectorate, 162, 169.
South Africa, imperial Act for trial of offences in, 144; com- mission of High Commissioner, 233-6. South Australia, military force, 20; constitutional position of executive, 65; power of con- stitutional change, 74; consti- tution and legislature, App. i; foundation of colony, 276; early constitutional history, 288-9. Southern Rhodesia Order in Coun- cil, 190-1.
Sovereignty, limited to territory, 123; division of, 153, 166, 179, 255.
Sphere of influence, defined, I. States, of Australian Common- wealth, 87-9.
Statute law consolidation, xv. Straits Settlements, 95, 197-8. Subordinate legislature, 16. Suzerainty, 44.
Tasmania, Defence Act, 20; con- stitution and legislature, App.i; foundation of colony, 276, 278; early constitutional his- tory, 289.
Thring, Lord, note on Sir H. Jen- kyns's early official career, xvi- xviii.
Tobago, annexed to Trinidad, 98,
Todd, Mr., quoted, 19, 104, 115,
Transportation, 277.
Treason, outside territorial juris- diction, 136, 138. Treaties, as affecting colonies, 23-4; by Governor-General of India, 45, 48; as basis of pro- tectorates, 193. Trinidad, 98, 197.
Tripoli, capitulations in, 157, 252. Tunis, capitulations abolished, 157, 175.
United States, constitution of, 56,
90. Unwritten constitutional custom, 59.
Upper Canada, 81.
Upper house, in colonial legisla- ture, 66.
Utrecht, treaty of, 24.
Van Diemen's Land. See Tas- mania.
Venue, in criminal law, 126. Veto of Bills, 78, 113-21. Vice-Admiralty courts, 33-4. Viceroy, of India, 44; warrant of appointment, 232-3; governor of a colony not a viceroy, 102. Victoria, money Bills, 61; consti- tutional position of executive, 63; power of constitutional change, 74; constitution and legislature, App. i; foundation of colony, 276; early constitu- tional history, 286–8. Virgin Islands, 97, 197.
Warrant of appointment, of Go-
vernor-General of India, 232-3. Welby, Lord, testimony to Sir H.
Jenkyns's official services, xxi. West Coast of Africa, 183. West Indies, forms of constitu- tion, 96-7; federation, 97-8. Western Australia, constitutional position of executive, 63; ad- mitted into Commonwealth, 88; constitution and legislature, App. i; foundation of colony, 276, 285; early constitutional history, 290.
Western Pacific, commission of High Commissioner, 236. Wheaton, referred to, 131, 166-7. Windward Islands, 98, 198. Writs, in name of Crown, 31.
Zanzibar, 169, 190. Zululand, 189, 234.
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